House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Southeast Asian Deportation Relief Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedAug 22, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 22, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5248.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CHU, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 138, August 22, 2023, Page H4197):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To halt removal of certain nationals of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam, and for other purposesSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 22, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5248, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/5248
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 16, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 16, 2024). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
26 cosponsors — 26 Democrats
0 of 26 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nikema Williams (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Judy Chu.
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- H.R. 4326 (118th) PRIDE Act of 2023
- H.R. 4897 (118th) Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2023
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- H.R. 6961 (118th) Nutrition CARE Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.